Research Practice for Cultural Studies : Ethnographic Methods and Lived Cultures.
Title:
Research Practice for Cultural Studies : Ethnographic Methods and Lived Cultures.
Author:
Gray, Ann.
ISBN:
9781412932240
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (186 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I: Ethnographic Methods -- 1 Grasping Lived Cultures -- 2 Articulating Experience -- 3 Imagined Communities: The Spectacular and the Ordinary -- 4 A Question of Research -- PART II: The Research Process -- 5 Locating Instances and Generating Material -- 6 I Want to Tell You a Story -- 7 Tying in the Texts -- 8 Strategies and Tactics in Analysis -- 9 Writing -- 10 Sources of Knowledge and Ways of Knowing -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Students embarking upon empirical research will find this to be an indispensable resource, enabling them to focus on the correct issues and ask the right questions for effective research. The book develops a set of research practices that are appropriate to a critical understanding of culture, power and everyday life.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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